Courses

Yiddish Courses for Spring 2024

Yiddish 102 (5 units)- Elementary Yiddish ( Yiddish 2)– Burko, A.

ONLINE INSTRUCTION!

In this course students will learn to speak, read, and write Yiddish, the original language of East European Jews. Using the communicative method and the new textbook In Eynem, students will focus in class on speaking by playing out short dialogues. Grammar will be taught inductively, through examples. The course will introduce Yiddish culture through a variety of songs, stories, film clips, and illustrations.


Yiddish 103 (3 units)- History of Yiddish Culture in English– Borden, M.

ONLINE INSTRUCTION!

This course will trace the development of Yiddish culture from the first settlement of Jews in German lands through centuries of life in Eastern Europe, down to the main cultural centers today in Israel and America. The course will examine how changes in Jewish life have found expression in the Yiddish language. It will provide an introduction to Yiddish literature in English translation, supplemented by excursions into Yiddish music, folklore, theater, and film.